DELAND, Fla. (March 28, 2013) – The ETSU women’s tennis team and Stetson faced off in a battle of the Atlantic Sun’s top teams and the Lady Bucs came out on top, 7-0, Thursday from the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.

After fighting out a tough doubles point, ETSU (8-4, 3-0 A-Sun) rolled in singles and won all six points – five in straight sets. Senior Antonia Kolovou (Larisa, Greece) battled for the top match and prevailed against Andrea Crespo in a third-set tiebreak, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) to give the Lady Buccaneers a clean sweep.

“The doubles was a little shaky and there are some areas where we’re not quite settled, but we have a hard-working group,” Director of ETSU Tennis Yaser Zaatini said. "Coach Sandlant has them all under one concept.

“There are a lot of new girls and they’ve gotten to understand one another and fight for each other on the court. It showed in singles where we dominated.”

Kolovou’s victory at No. 1 moves her record at the position to 8-1. The first-year Buc is 18-9 overall, 10-1 dual.

“Antonia worked like an animal to pull out a great win,” ETSU assistant coach Travis Sandlant said. “This was a big win today.”

It was all Lady Bucs from there. Espana got singles off to a good start, 6-2, 6-0, over Alexandra Lyubimova, and Choo improved to 24-7, 11-1, dual with a 6-3, 6-0 win against Diana Bukajeva. Gerbasi took the clincher, battling for a first-set tiebreak and disposing of Jen Miller 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.